Marquis de Lafayette
Ary Scheffer · 1823
Why it's great
The Marquis de Lafayette, a young French nobleman, joined Washington's army at the age of 19 and became a hero of the American Revolution. Ary Scheffer painted this portrait in 1823, when Lafayette toured the United States.
🏛️ Part of history
The American Revolution (1765–1783) — The Marquis de Lafayette, a young French nobleman, joined Washington's army at the age of 19 and became a hero of the American Revolution.
Where to see it
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Ary Scheffer was a French painter born in Dordrecht in the Netherlands in 1795. He moved to Paris as a young man and became a popular Romantic painter of literary and religious scenes, also teaching drawing to the royal family. He died in Argenteuil in 1858.
